Balloons and Static Electricity
Balloons and Static Electricity is an interactive sim. It changes as you play with it. It has a Play Area and a Control Area.
The Play Area is a small room. The Control Area has buttons, a checkbox, and radio buttons to change conditions in the room.
- Currently, room has a yellow balloon, a sweater, and a removable wall.
- Yellow balloon is at center of Play Area, evenly between sweater and wall. Sweater is at far left, wall at far right.
- Yellow Balloon has negative net charge, many more negative charges than positive charges.
- Sweater has positive net charge, many more positive charges than negative charges. Wall has zero net charge, many pairs of negative and positive charges.
- Negative charges in wall move away from Yellow Balloon quite a lot. Positive charges do not move.
Grab balloon to play.
If needed, check out keyboard shortcuts under Sim Resources.
Play Area
Sweater
At left edge of Play Area. Has positive net charge, many more positive charges than negative charges.
Yellow Balloon
At lower wall. Has negative net charge, many more negative charges than positive charges.
Look for grab button to play. Once grabbed, use keyboard shortcuts to move balloon. Space to release.
Green Balloon
On left side of Play Area. Has zero net charge, no more negative charges than positive charges.
Look for grab button to play. Once grabbed, use keyboard shortcuts to move balloon. Space to release.
Wall
At right edge of Play Area. Has zero net charge, many pairs of negative and positive charges. Negative charges in lower wall move away from Yellow Balloon quite a lot. Positive charges do not move.
Control Area
Play with or without the wall.
Balloon Settings
Play with two balloons or just one.
Reset Balloon to start position and an uncharged state.
Charge Settings
Choose how you see or hear charge information.
